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Fanfic: after the denial is gone

So here we go. You demand, I obey :P
Chapter 1: (chaps have no name)

Tonight was the night she was going to bed early.
It was too hot to sit around and read another anthropological article.

She took a quick and cold shower, but still everything felt warm. So she only put on boxers.

Suddenly she was wide awake. It felt like she slept for hours, but when she looked at her digital alarm it was only 15 minutes ago when she went to bed. Her rational side started to work again and she knew that when she stayed in bed like this, there wouldn't be much sleep tonight. Her memory went back to yesterday.

She and Booth had to go to their weekly appointment with Sweets. They always came in bickering, but yesterday was different. Both were relaxed and not much talking, in fact they weren't even looking at each other. Sweets thought it was time to share. They both had to think about one embarrassing moment in their lives and they had to share it with the other person. So after their session they went, like usual, to the diner. And like usual Brennan was the first to share one of her embarrassing moments in her live. Now it was Booth's turn. Normally it would take hours, even days before he came up with something, but that was different yesterday. He told Brennan that when he was little and it was too warm to sleep, he always stripped and went to bed naked. On the moment he told her, her mouth dropped a little with amazement that he had told her this and also the image of him naked in his bed.

So that was where she was now too. In her own bed but still wearing those boxers. She was rethinking what he said. Her rational part of the brain told her that it was probably the only way to fall asleep and her emotional part of her brain said that it would be even nice to do it. So she listened to her brain that for once was a unit, and stripped from her boxers. The moment she laid down she felt very free in an awkward way, but still it felt good. She went back to sleep again.

What felt like in the middle of the night, she sat up straight in her bed. It had been caused by a sound. A sound that looked like a knock on the door. What a knock on the door? Who could be here? Once again she looked at her alarm and saw it was nearly 11 pm. Still an early time, so it could be anyone at the door. Then she heard him call her name from the other side of the door. "Bones open up, it's me Booth". She grabbed her bathrobe and put it on, and then opened the door to let him in. "Booth, what are doing here at 11 pm?"

"Bones aren't you happy to see me?"
"Why should I? I was already sleeping in my bed."
"Oh, I'm sorry. I will leave you alone then."
"No Booth it's fine, I'm awake now, come in and sit down. Do you want a drink?"
"Yeah a glass of milk would be fine."
"Now tell me what you are here for Booth. I probably get back to bed very soon, because tomorrow I have to get up at 6 am."
"Can't I pay a visit to my favorite anthropologist in the world?"
"To be honest Booth? Why did you choose this hour of a day?"
"I just brought you something you might like. But if you don't want it, I can take it back."
"Okay fine, what is it?"
"Ow Bones, I knew you were curious. That's why I didn't bring it up with me. It's still in my car downstairs."
"You got to be kidding me! No Booth I'm not coming downstairs in my bathrobe."
"Why not? You probably are wearing some clothes under that robe, or are you doing some naughty things in your bedroom?" He said with a teasing smile.
A really long silence felt.

She really felt uncomfortable. It was his way of talking that got to her. He never could say things like this, but since yesterday it had changed.
She knew she wasn't wearing anything under it. So her face flushed a reddish color.
The moment he saw her redness, he knew he shouldn't have said what he was thinking.
Could it be true, his Bones wearing nothing under her bathrobe? He knew he was checking her out, and he got a very warm feeling. He needed to get his jacket off. When he would do that, it sure would look strange, so he didn't.
He did the only thing he could think of, that would be appropriate in this situation. He apologized.
"Look Bones I'm sorry I said that. I never guessed you would do that."
"Booth stop, its fine. It's just...Yesterday when you were talking about it; I was thinking that I never had done anything like that. And now I was reconsidering it, my whole brain agreed with me. It isn't your fault."
"Well," he tried very carefully, "can I ask if you like it?"
"To tell the truth. You were right. It feels very free." Her face again flushed a little. "Now tell me, are you going to get my present or are you coming back tomorrow to give it to me?"
"Bones?" He was afraid of what was coming
"Yes?!" She said hopeful.
"There isn't a present." He felt like someone who was cheating.
"What? Why? But you just told me you had a present for me." She didn't understand him.
"I wasn't honest with you." He waited several moments to get his thought together. "I have a present for you, but it isn't something you can keep."
She was flabbergasted. She didn't understand anything he was saying anymore.
"Look Booth, just tell me, because this, what you are doing is very confusing." She felt a bit anger coming up. Maybe it was just her being tired.
"Temperance I'm going to be honest with you from this moment on", he started.
Now he has to be serious, because he used my first name. Why do I get so worked up when he does this to me, she asked herself.
"I"...he stuttered..."I can't live this lie anymore. I want you know something. Yesterday it hit me, before we went to Sweet. Please let me finish," he said when he saw that she was trying to interrupt. "I couldn't talk about 'strange subjects' with you because I always imagined you in combination with the things we were talking about. It got me worked up, very much you know. But the heat under my feet is getting unbearable now. I can't take it any longer. You have to know, that I can't just be your working partner. I see something growing between us Bones. Angela told us but we, I mean I, was in a denial stage. I hope you don't take this the wrong way, but you just had to know how I felt about it."
After he was finished he looked in her eyes. He saw what he had to see, it was there. It had been there for a long time now. Tonight it was coming out once again.
She didn't know what to say, what to do. It was like someone paralyzed her, only her mouth dropped to say something, but nothing was coming out.
He was getting nervous now. What would she say to him? Why didn't she say anything? Why was she so quiet? "Bones, please talk to me," was the only thing he could get out.
She found her voice again. "Booth. Why now? Why not earlier? Why tonight?"
"Look Bones, I'm not here to answer more questions. I'm here to get answers."
Then she gave him the answer he was looking for. She grabbed him and kissed him.

It was a kiss both of them would remember for a very long time.

(the grammar isn't quite right, but I have a beta now for the next chapter)
Have fun with it :D